Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Tue May 11 2021 02:11 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
05/11/1568 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)
05/11/1654 Cornelis van Alkemade, historian
05/11/1722 Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)
05/11/1731 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer
05/11/1772 Henri-Jean Rigel, composer
05/11/1791 Jan Vaclav Vorisek, composer
05/11/1807 Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century Black actor
05/11/1811 Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twin
05/11/1821 [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers)
05/11/1823 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter
05/11/1830 John Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)
05/11/1840 Filippo Capocci, composer
05/11/1841 Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter
05/11/1847 Godefroid Kurth, Belg historian (La cit� de Li�ge au moyen �ge)
05/11/1852 Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)
05/11/1854 Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)
05/11/1855 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitch More)
05/11/1869 Francisco Lacerda, composer
05/11/1878 Mr Reyskens, oldest male resident of Netherland ever
05/11/1881 Jan van Gilse, composer/resistance fighter (Frau Helga von Staveren)
05/11/1881 Pascual Rogatis, composer
05/11/1882 Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic
05/11/1888 Irving Berlin, [Isadore Balin], Temun Russia, composer (White Xmas)
05/11/1888 P A J Losecaat Vermeer, leader of Dutch High Council
05/11/1891 Henry Morgenthau Jr, US Secretary of Treasury (1934-45)
05/11/1892 Margaret Rutherford, England, actress (Murder Most Foul)
05/11/1894 Anton A Mussert, Dutch nazi leader (NSB)
05/11/1894 Florimond Cornellie, Belgium, yachting (Olympic-gold-1920)
05/11/1894 Martha Graham, Pitts, dancer/choreographer (Appalachian Spring)
05/11/1895 William Grant Still, Woodville Mississippi, composer (Afro-American)
05/11/1896 Josip Slavenski, composer
05/11/1896 Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter
05/11/1897 Izak W van der Merwe, [Boerneef], S Afr writer (Tweetalige Woordeboe
05/11/1901 Mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyene Autumn)
05/11/1902 Bid� Sayao, Niteroi Brazil, soprano (Mimia-La Boh�me)
05/11/1902 Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo)
05/11/1903 Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42)
05/11/1904 Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer
05/11/1904 Salvador Dal�, Spain, surrealist artist (Crucifixion)
05/11/1906 Kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Rider
05/11/1909 Herbert Murrill, composer
05/11/1910 Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer
05/11/1911 Doodles Weaver, LA Calif, comedian (Doodles Weaver)
05/11/1912 Foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy)
05/11/1912 Phil Silvers, Bkln NY, comedian (Sgt Bilko-Phil Silvers Show)
05/11/1913 Clare Grundman, composer
05/11/1913 Tutti Camarata, Glen Ridge NJ, orch leader (Vic Damone Show)
05/11/1916 Camilo Jos� Cela, Spain, author (La Colmena-1951)
05/11/1920 Denver Pyle, Bethune Colo, actor (Code 3, Tammy, Doris Day Show)
05/11/1924 Jackie Milburn, English soccer star (Newcastle United)
05/11/1927 Mort Sahl, comedian/political satirist/beatnik (Big Party)
05/11/1927 Zilpha Keatly Snyder, US, sci-fi author (Headless Cupid)
05/11/1928 Yaacov Agam, Israeli statues artist
05/11/1930 Stanley L Elkin, Bkln NY, writer/professor (Living End)
05/11/1933 Louis Farrakhan, leader of black islam nation
05/11/1934 James M Jeffords, (Rep-R-VT, 1975- )
05/11/1935 Doug McClure, Glendale Calif, actor (Checkmate, Virginian, Roots)
05/11/1938 Carla Bley, musician (Escalator Over the Hill)
05/11/1938 Harvey Sollberger, Cedar Rapids Ia, flutist/composer (2 Oboes Tropin
05/11/1939 Milt Pappas, baseball pitcher
05/11/1940 Ronald Anthony Pellegrino, composer
05/11/1941 Eric Burdon, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
05/11/1943 George Edwards, composer
05/11/1943 Les Chadwick, bassist (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersy)
05/11/1943 Nancy Greene, Canada, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1968)
05/11/1947 Claude 'Butch' Hudson Trucks, drummer (Allman Brothers)
05/11/1948 Alfred Matt, Austria, slalom (Olympic-bronze-1968)
05/11/1950 Dane Iorg, baseball player
05/11/1953 Boyd Gaines, Atlanta Ga, actor (Mark-One Day at a Time, Sure Thing)
05/11/1955 Jos Haagmans, Dutch singer (Frank Boeijen Group)
05/11/1955 Mark Herndon, Springfield Mass, country drummer (Alabama-Take Me Dow
05/11/1958 Walt Terrell, baseball player
05/11/1959 Martha Quinn, Ossining NY, MTV vee-jay/actress (Bradys)
05/11/1961 Cecile Licad, Manila Philippines, pianist (Leventritt Award-1981)
05/11/1961 Diana Lee, Seattle Wa, playmate (May, 1988)
05/11/1962 Emilio Estevez, NYC, actor (Breakfast Club, Young Guns)[or 12th]
05/11/1963 Mark Breland, Bkln NY, welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1984)
05/11/1963 Natasha Richardson, London Engld, actress (Gothic, Handmaid's Tale)
05/11/1964 Bobby Witt, baseball pitcher
05/11/1964 Floyd Youmans, baseball player
05/11/1964 Jeff Sellers, baseball player
05/11/1964 Katie Wagner, daughter of Robert Wagner/model/guest VJ (MTV)
05/11/1967 Kenneth Gould, Chic Ill, Welterweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1988)
05/11/1982 Jonathan Jackson, Orlando Fla, actor (Lucky-General Hospital)
Deaths:
05/11/1610 Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies
05/11/1631 Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57
05/11/1772 Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged
05/11/1779 John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 6
05/11/1819 Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47
05/11/1845 Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14
05/11/1849 Otto Nicolai, composer, dies at 39
05/11/1857 E Fran�ois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81
05/11/1871 John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79
05/11/1881 Henri-Fr�d�ric Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at
05/11/1885 Ferdinand Hiller, composer, dies at 73
05/11/1895 Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71
05/11/1907 John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54
05/11/1916 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies
05/11/1916 Max [Johann BJM] Reger, German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43
05/11/1917 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66
05/11/1920 William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83
05/11/1927 Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90
05/11/1937 Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62
05/11/1938 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81
05/11/1944 Henk Hos, resistance fighter, executed at 37
05/11/1947 Else JT Rangstr�m, Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies
05/11/1947 Ture Rangstrom, composer, dies at 62
05/11/1952 Giovanni Tebaldini, composer, dies at 87
05/11/1956 Walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
05/11/1960 John D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at 86
05/11/1965 Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57
05/11/1973 Grigor� M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies
05/11/1976 Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78
05/11/1976 Camille Schmit, composer, dies at 68
05/11/1976 J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered
05/11/1978 John Clinge Doorenbos, journalist/poet, dies at 93
05/11/1979 Lester Flatt, singer (Flatt & Scruggs), dies at 64
05/11/1981 Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies at 36 of brain & lung cancer
05/11/1981 Hoyt J Fuller, editor (1st World magazine), dies at 57
05/11/1982 Leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer
05/11/1982 Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at 70
05/11/1983 Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65
05/11/1985 Garmt Stuiveling, literatrary (Ego & Echo), dies at 77
05/11/1985 Jorja Curtight, actress, dies of a heart attack
05/11/1985 Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), die
05/11/1991 Ho Dam, foreign minister North-Korea (1970-83), dies
05/11/1992 Carlos Herrera, drink inventor (Margarita), dies at 90
05/11/1992 Elizabeth McDonald, inventor (Spic & Span), dies at 98
05/11/1994 Lewis B Puller, US writer (Pulitzer 1992), commits suicide at 48
Significant Events:
05/11/ 330 Constantinople founded
05/11/1189 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa & 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg
05/11/1421 Jews are expelled from Styria Austria
05/11/1548 -12] Great fire in Brielle
05/11/1674 Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty
05/11/1678 French adm Jean d'Estr�es' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Cura�
05/11/1689 Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle
05/11/1690 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia
05/11/1745 Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
05/11/1751 1st US hospital founded (Pennsylvannia Hospital)
05/11/1752 1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
05/11/1772 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed
05/11/1792 Columbia River discovered & named by US Capt Robert Gray
05/11/1816 American Bible Society forms (NY)
05/11/1818 Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0
05/11/1833 'Lady-of-the-Lake' strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215
05/11/1850 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #11 Parthenope
05/11/1850 Work starts on 1st brick building in SF
05/11/1858 Minnesota admitted as 32nd US state
05/11/1862 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, VA
05/11/1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
05/11/1864 Gen J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern
05/11/1865 Surrender of Jeff Thompson
05/11/1867 Treaty of London drawn, concerning Luxembourg
05/11/1883 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #233 Asterope
05/11/1893 Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
05/11/1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
05/11/1897 Wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
05/11/1900 Heavyweight James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett at Coney Island NY
05/11/1902 L Carnera discovers asteroid #486 Cremona
05/11/1904 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace
05/11/1904 G H Peters discovers asteroid #536 Merapi
05/11/1904 US Andrew Carnegie gives away $1,500,000 to build Peace Palace
05/11/1907 Bank of SF incorporated
05/11/1910 Glacier National Park established
05/11/1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
05/11/1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand
05/11/1918 Exterminator wins Kentucky Derby
05/11/1919 Yanks' Jack Quinn & Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie
05/11/1921 Tel Aviv becomes 1st all Jewish municipality
05/11/1923 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards
05/11/1924 Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election
05/11/1924 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)
05/11/1925 Communistic Party of Holland splits
05/11/1925 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR
05/11/1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O
05/11/1927 Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer
05/11/1928 General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady, NY)
05/11/1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
05/11/1929 Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx
05/11/1935 Willis Saunders on Omaha wins 60th Preakness Stakes (1:58.4)
05/11/1940 NY World's Fair reopens
05/11/1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
05/11/1943 US 7th div lands on Attu, Aleoeten
05/11/1944 Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison
05/11/1945 US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa
05/11/1946 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)
05/11/1946 Warren Mehrtens on Assault wins 71st Preakness Stakes (2:01.4)
05/11/1947 BF Goodrich manufactures 1st tubeless tire, Akron, Oh
05/11/1947 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy
05/11/1948 Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa
05/11/1948 Luigi Einaudi elected president of Italy
05/11/1949 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
05/11/1949 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
05/11/1949 Siam renames itself Thailand
05/11/1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
05/11/1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
05/11/1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage)
05/11/1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory
05/11/1955 Israel attacks Gaza
05/11/1957 Gabriel Paris forms govt of Colombia
05/11/1959 Elvis Presley's 1st entry on UK charts with 'Heartbreak Hotel'
05/11/1960 French liner 'France' launched
05/11/1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
05/11/1962 Antonio Segni becomes president of Italy
05/11/1962 US sends troops to Thailand
05/11/1963 LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats NY Giants, 8-0
05/11/1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama
05/11/1965 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
05/11/1965 Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000
05/11/1967 100,000,000th US phone connected
05/11/1967 Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership
05/11/1968 Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues for Stanley Cup
05/11/1968 Richard Harris releases 'MacArthur Park'
05/11/1968 Students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured
05/11/1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms
05/11/1970 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise
05/11/1972 Boston Bruins beat NY Rangers 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
05/11/1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show
05/11/1972 Willie Mays traded to NY Mets
05/11/1973 Dutch govt of Uyl forms
05/11/1974 Steely Dan releases 'Rikki Don't Lose that Number'
05/11/1975 Flyers 1-Isles 2-Semifinals-Series tied at 3 games
05/11/1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
05/11/1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
05/11/1978 Margaret A Brewer becomes 1st female general of US marine corp
05/11/1981 Kim Carnes' 'Bette Davis Eyes' hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
05/11/1982 Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
05/11/1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer
05/11/1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
05/11/1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
05/11/1985 Madonna's 'Crazy For You,' single goes #1
05/11/1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands
05/11/1985 Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die
05/11/1987 President Corazon Aquino wins election in Philippines
05/11/1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
05/11/1989 217th & final episode of 'Dynasty' is aired
05/11/1990 NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
05/11/1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
05/11/1994 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa
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